Founder of Vermont Woods Studios, Peggy Farabaugh shares her vision for a green world... and a greener living room. Tips and advice on what to look for in natural organic wood, eco furniture and how to purchase American made, luxury, handmade custom furniture at affordable prices.

Walnut Wood, Furniture, Trees and Nuts

Recently the most popular designs for walnut furniture have been with natural, organic solid walnut slabs that are huge, heavy and thick. They make incredible dining and conference tables that are showstoppers when you walk into a room.

Our friend, artisan Greg Goodman made this custom live edge walnut slab table out of a one of the slabs to the left. I've not seen anything like it. I love the curved base-- it gives it a modern contemporary look, don't you think?

We filmed Greg working on a similar slab table. If you're interested in these live edge works of art, you have to watch Greg's part in this video about Vermont Woods Studios craftsmen.

If you're pricing walnut furniture, you can count on spending about 25% more than for other woods. Sadly, walnut is becoming rare due to lack of forest management and disease. In fact a recent blight of something called "thousand cankers disease" is causing great concern about walnut trees all across the country. It seems walnut wood may not be available much longer. Same for the beloved walnut-- a nut that reportedly boosts your brain power and provides powerful anti-oxidants.

The walnut trees we're using for live edge slab tables are harvested sustainably, with preservation of the species in mind. The trees are usually victims of urban development-- once they were grand old sentinels along tree lined boulevards but age, concrete and road salt have taken their toll.

It's nice to see their beauty being preserved forever under the skilled and artful hands of craftsmen like Greg Goodman.